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bloodyrude t1_iuf7384 wrote

If you're not paying her a fee, then how is she getting compensated? If it is commission on insurance or fund purchases, then she may have a conflict of interest.

A fiduciary is someone who must act in your best interest. Not all advisors are.

I have an advisor. I pay him a quarterly fee. He makes no money from my investments and in fact, he just tells me what to do and has no trading access to my accounts. I just provide him account statements each month.

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massalk OP t1_iuf8ei8 wrote

Well, she had me sign papers saying she is legally supposed to act in my best interest. So I guess I could sue her if she didn't. And she gets paid by a percentage. So for one account, it's 2 percent, the other is 1.5 percent.

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